Airport type Public Website www.fortdodgeiowa.org Code FOD Phone +1 515-573-3881 | Owner City of Fort Dodge Elevation AMSL 1,156 ft / 352 m 6/24 6,547 Elevation 353 m | |
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Address 1639 Nelson Ave #2, Fort Dodge, IA 50501, USA | ||
Fort dodge regional airport commerical 2010
Fort Dodge Regional Airport (IATA: FOD, ICAO: KFOD, FAA LID: FOD) is a city owned, public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of Fort Dodge, a city in Webster County, Iowa, United States. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline, a service which is subsidized by the federal government's Essential Air Service program at a cost of $3,892,174 (per year).
Contents
- Fort dodge regional airport commerical 2010
- Facilities and aircraft
- History
- Airlines and Destinations
- Cargo
- References
As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 6,219 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 5,378 in 2009, and 8,207 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport.
Facilities and aircraft
Fort Dodge Regional Airport covers an area of 992 acres (401 ha) at an elevation of 1,156 feet (352 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 is 6,547 by 150 feet (1,996 x 46 m) and 12/30 is 5,301 by 100 feet (1,616 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2010, the airport had 19,700 aircraft operations, an average of 53 per day: 89% general aviation, 8% scheduled commercial, 3% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single-engine and 17% multi-engine.
History
Mesaba Airlines, operating as Delta Connection, formerly had daily service to Minneapolis-St. Paul with a stop in Mason City. Effective June 10, 2010, the stop in Mason City ended and Fort Dodge had nonstop flights to Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Great Lakes Airlines announced began service from Fort Dodge to Minneapolis/St. Paul to replace service by Delta Connection effective April 10, 2012. Great Lakes service ended January 31, 2014.
Air Choice One announced it would begin service from Fort Dodge to Chicago O'Hare to replace service by Great Lakes Airlines on February 23, 2015.
Airlines and Destinations
^1 Air Choice One flights to Chicago stop at Mason City Municipal Airport but the airline does not sell tickets solely between Fort Dodge and Mason City.